Fence-making machine



(ModeL) L. PFISTER.

fENGE MAKING MACHINE.

No. 398,796. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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LEWIS PFISTER, OF MARTIXSYILLE, OHIO.

FENCE-=MAKING MAGHINE.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 898,796, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed June 18, 1883. Serial No. 277,497. (Modehl T0 (0Z6 whom it may concern;

zen of the United States, residing at Martinsville, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Machine 5 for Making Fences, of which the following is to occupy; also any number of these rotary a specification.

The object of my invention is to al'i'ord a machine that will cross wires at regular inter vals for the reception of pickets, and also to furnish a tension device for the wires which, as the tension of the wires is increased, will permit the wires to pass through, thus securing a uniform tension. 1 attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompan v ing drawings, in which Figure l is a side view of the braiding-machine. showing it in its normal position in reference to the wires. Fig. 2 is a detailed view of a part of Fig. 1, showing a rotary disk, an arm, and post. Fig. is the view of a stretcher, also showing the manner in which a strand of wire is attached to it. Fig. 4- shows the rest for the bar.

Similarletters ret'ertosimilar parts l broughout the several views.

71 72 are arms connecting the sliding bar with the arms on the rotating disk f.

The arms 7i hand posts 6 e maybe attached to any part of the sliding bar 0 and station ary bar a, respectively, according to the position which the strands of wire 9 g are desired disks ff may be likewise attached, according to the number of strands of wire to be used in the construction of the fence.

i is a handle attached to the stationary bar a, by which the machine is held in an upright position.

is a handle bv which the slidln bar c mav' s be elevated or depressed. When the sliding bar is elevated, the rotary disksff are caused to perform halt a rotation. This action will cause the two wires in each strand to overlap. Now should a picket be placed between the two wires in all the strands and the sliding bar (1 depressed, the wires will be caused to overlap iirmlybeltn'e the picket, holding it in position.

71' is a tool. or rest attached to the stationary bar u. it contains a slot, (which might be seen in an opposite view) tlmimgh which passes a u is a stationary bar to which the remaining parts of the machine are in a great meas- I held in a fixed position by tighteningthe nut ure secured.

h Z) are 'uides attache fl to the stalionari bar a. Each of these guides contains a slot, at which a guide, b, attached. to The station ary bar (t by means of a set-screw.

c is a sliding bar kept in position by means of the guides l; l).

(I is a stop attached to the stationary bar a for the purpose of enabling the sliding bar 1.: p

ner as not to permit the wire to be taken out I so long as the wire is at right angles to the plane of the disk.

bolt, enabling the foot 7m to be lengthened or shortened, as may be desired. This foot It is on the bolt passing through the slot referred to above.

Z is a llUUli, which may be attached firmly to a stationary object.

H1 is a lever having two lugs.

)1 is a bolt passing through the hook 7 and lever )1. By means of. this bolt the lugs of the lever m. may be brought more or less firmly in contactwith the hook I. This allows the friction of the wires 9 g on the lugs and the bolt to be increased or diminished according as the lever Ill is placed in reference to the. hook I.

I provide a tension device [or every pair of stram'ls ol wire used in construction of the fence.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination of the stationary bar 2. The combination of the hook I with the to having posts 6, rotary disks f, pivoted to the lever m, having lugs, the two connected by a posts, having openings for the Wires and bolt, as and for the purpose specified. having slots communicating With the onen- 5 ings, the slots being arranged at an angle to LEWIS PFISTER.

the direction of the openingsQand sliding bar a, connected to the disks by links h, all Witnesses: substantially as and for the purpose set- S. WV. DOAN, forth. Tnos. B. GADDIS. 

